I have many small purchasing news blurbs to share, so rather than make them separate posts, I\u2019ll consolidate them here\u2026<\/p>\n
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1. Michael Lamoureux over at the Sourcing Innovation Blog has posted a two-part review of our online purchasing class Mastering Purchasing Fundamentals. You can check out Michael\u2019s reviews here and here.<\/p>\n
2. The phrase \u201cSenior Professional in Supply Management\u00ae<\/sup>\u201d had officially earned registered trademark status last month. Man, I never really cared to learn all that I did about the trademark registration process. It is a very expensive process that involves hiring a specialized attorney much unlike what I thought it would be \u2013 fill out a form and pay a fee. But trademark registration is a necessary evil. Even once-venerable institutions are today engaged in intellectual property theft and trademark registration can only help an organization protect its IP and spank the infringing parties in legal proceedings.<\/p>\n 3. My article \u201cOffice Supplies Sourcing Secrets\u201d was republished in the current edition of Government Procurement Magazine.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" I have many small purchasing news blurbs to share, so […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":4015,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2233","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-procurement"],"yoast_head":"\n